New S-100 Boards This section of this web site is a detailed to many new S-100 boards
I and others have recently constructed. Still utilizing the basic
IEEE-696 S100 bus format, we are incorporating modern designs into these new
boards. The long term goal being to adapt most major microprocessor
chips (and support IC''s) to the S-100 bus. We intend for
example to have S-100 boards with master and slave CPU's like the 8086,
80286,80386, 80486 & Pentium family, the 68000 Motorola family, all
the way up to more recent CPU's like the Propeller and RISC/ARM chips.
This has been, and will continue to be, a multiyear project. A core of
enthusiastic people have got together to do this. As you read more please
consider joining. The growing list of new S-100 bare boards are
listed here. If you are
interested in obtaining a board please contact me (see bottom of the home
page), or Andrew Lynch at N8VEM.
For those interested, the finished boards are typically available at cost
(~$20 - $30 each, depending on demand). Remember this is a true hobby/non
profit operation! Support is limited.
By way of showing the evolution of these boards, I will describe my own S-100 IEEE-969 system.
This is a completely
"homebrew system".
Originally built in the early 1980's utilizing many of the S100 boards of
that era. As I add new S-100 boards, I will
go into some detail in an effort to help others build similar systems or allow them
revive S-100 systems they may have stored away or have recently acquired.
While none of this is rocket science, it does require some degree of
electronic knowledge, familiarity with the S-100 bus and for the software, a
working knowledge of CP/M, CP/M86 and MS-DOS (Programs, BIOS & Drivers) .
If you wish to become more informed about the S-100 bus itself try and get your
hands of the book "Interfacing to the S-100/IEEE696 microprocessors"
by Sol Libs & Mark Garetz. This book is commonly regarded as the
"bible" for this field.
This will be a long term "work in progress"
report. The index table below will direct you to new S-100 boards built or
being tested. See each boards
section for more details.
Readers such as yourself are encouraged to participate either
directly by contacting me via e-mail or via
the forumon this site.
Here was my starting point for a S-100 system built with boards from the
80's. With this as a basis over time, we will swap out many of these boards
into new more exciting and efficient boards using more modern IC's.
